spiritual war
 

Fighting Thoughts – Past as Fault, Future as Fear, Sin as Constant Temptation

The devil, in order to trouble you, sends you all sorts of thoughts. About past, future, present, about the sins that you did or could do, through dreams or visions that may seem to be “from God.”

Temptations Attack from Outside and Inside

From the inside, that is from the heart come all our sins. For Christ has said to the Apostles: “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man” because it would mean to wash your hands “but that which cometh out of the mouth”. Because what comes out, comes from the heart. From the heart come adulteries, crimes, pride, insults. As in hell, they come out of our heart, and when they do, we are tempted from the inside.

Evil thoughts are cast away only by good thoughts

The best way to clear your thoughts is to have a main thought that you should focus on, and ignore the coming evil thoughts and encouraging the good ones. The best method to do that is by saying this prayer “My Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner!” in order to attract good thoughts.

When We Forget God We Make the First Step Toward the Abyss

Then, all spiritual things are overlooked, the heart gets gradually colder and the sense of the spiritual stops. The heart has no more feelings. When this happens, sadness and carefree appear.

Prayer - Fight for Salvation

Our guardian angel is always saying to us “Pray and watch incessantly! Keep and fructify through prayer what you have conquered!”  In a moment of spiritual zeal you may embrace the height of spiritual salvation.

Humble yourself so God won’t humble you

„Brother, for the sake of the great gift God has given to you that through your sins so much you’ve damaged consider this: think of yourself as the most unworthy and faultiest of them all. Be grateful to those who allow you the chance to be humble, meaning those who denigrate or have denigrated you. Even if you reluctantly accept their words, make an effort and don’t show your discontent”.

How can we fight against selfishness?

First of all, we should start by realising that we are selfish, and after to pray to the Lord to soften our heart, to make ourselves better and be ashamed of our selfishness.

The evil thought is casted only with a good one

The best way to gather your thoughts is having a main one that helps you to recognise the others, and to cast the evil and support the good ones. The easiest way is this prayer: ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ We say this in order to be able to be steadfast in good thoughts.